Weekly Announcements

Today, December 15, St. Mary’s Church is included in the Historic Waco Foundation and Waco and Heart of Texas “Open House” showcasing beautiful stained glass in Waco. This open house is from 2 – 5 p.m. Please come and learn more about our beautiful windows and about or church.

You are invited to join the choir in preparation for Christmas Eve Services. Practices are on Wednesday evenings at 6:00 p.m. in the Chapel.

The St. Mary’s Gift Shop, located in the Church Office, will be opened from 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. from Now – December 20 (including during the lunch hour) for your holiday shopping convenience.

If you would like to purchase a poinsettia for the altar at Christmas; the Poinsettia Envelopes are at each entrance of the church.

This Friday December 20th at 6:00 p.m. we will have a “Christmas MovieNight” in the Parish Hall. The movie will be “It’s a Wonderful Life”. Please bring drinks and snacks to share.

There is an “Angel Tree” in the Foyer of the Church. Listed on the back of each ornament is an item that is needed or wanted by a child from our Parish. If you are able to purchase one of these Christmas Gifts; take an ornament – return the item and the ornament to the church office before December 19th.

This year our youth will not be selling Angels to decorate our large trees for Christmas. If you have any ornaments that you would like to donate to St. Mary’s to be used this year and for years to come, please bring them to the Church office before Friday, December 20th

For a limited time, our parish website is featuring links to three Catholic radio services that are streamed over the internet. Go to www.stmarys-waco.org and click on the images at the bottom of the home page.